Designing to Support Personality Differences (04-02-12)
Cain’s recent book, Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking, is drawing a lot of attention to the influences of personality on human experience.
Cain’s recent book, Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking, is drawing a lot of attention to the influences of personality on human experience.
An interational movement is developing to design houses that are home-y and also tiny.
Museums provide a space for patrons to think, reflect and ponder.
People developing spaces and objects for which smell and color are both important have more information to aid in their work.
How does street design influence the activities of humans along that road?
Distracting sound remains a serious issue in many workplaces and the GSA Public Buildings Service has written Sound Matters: How to Achieve Acoustic Comfort in the Contemporary Office to help rectify negative situations.
Frankenstein and her colleagues investigated mental maps of familiar places.
Recent research receiving a lot of press attention can reasonably be expected to change the Western concept of “a good night’s sleep” in ways that influence how Westerners use their homes during the evening hours.
Beale reports on a new design option from Del Webb, which builds communities for people 55 and older – snore rooms.
Carter and Gilovich have re-examined the relationship that people have to their purchases of experiences and objects.